"We were really responsive. It was very personalized for the die-hards that did watch, and I thought that would be a big draw, too."

“By abolishing private property one takes away the human love of aggression.”

“We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.”

Source : Language and Silence preface (1967)

“We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see.”

“I love being in love. It's the best feeling in the world. I have never felt like this before.”

“Anytime you walk onto a stage or something where there's lots of people staring at you, you need to have something inspiring inside your head. Bolstering.”

“Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.”

“I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior. But we are after all a mere part of Creation. And we must consider to understand where we are. And we stand somewhere between the mountain and the Ant. Somewhere and only there as part and parcel of the Creation.”

Source : "Animal Grace: Can Humans Rise to the Call?" by Sheila Shayon, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2009.

“Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead.”